Fabrication and performance of the Pt-Ru/Ni-P/FTO counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Robust, metallic Pd17Se15and Pd7Se4phases from a single source precursor and their use as counter electrodes in dye sensitized solar cells

“…Efforts are underway to find alternate electrode materials [39][40][41][42] since Pt is known to undergo corrosion in presence of I 3 -/Icouple. Hence, they may be very useful as electrodes to drive redox reactions.…”

Carbonaceous materials as substitutes for conventional dye-sensitized solar cell counter electrodes

“…Pt has been dened as one of the best CEs and this is due to its possession of given properties that are requisite for each CE such as stability in air or water even at high temperatures (does not oxidise), good electrical and thermal conductivity, [19][20][21] etc. On the other hand, it also possesses some disadvantages like high cost, low abundance of material, diminishing catalytic properties on exposure to dye molecules, and difficulty (vacuum conditions) in using it with conventional methods of sputtering.…”

Efficiently cubic platinum-cobalt bimetallic nano-catalysts for use in low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells

“…As emerging and efficient catalytic materials, these alloy catalysts can also be used in DSSCs. For example, Ma et al electrodeposited Pt-Ru alloy on Ni-P/ FTO substrate and employed it as CE catalyst in DSSCs, and Pt-Ru/ Ni-P/FTO CE based DSSC achieved a power conversion efficiency of 6.25% [20]. Cai et al prepared Pt-Ru nanofiber alloy by a lowtemperature hydrothermal technique and used it in CE for DSSC, and DSSC based on PtRu 3 alloy CE obtained an efficiency of 6.80% [21].…”

“…Pt-free catalysts [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] or low-Pt [20][21][22] alloys have been expected to substitute for the conventional Pt CE in DSSCs. In especial, Pt alloying with relatively cheap transition metals (i.e.…”